The northern bobwhite (Colinus virginianus), also known as the bobwhite quail, is Georgia's state gamebird and is featured on one of Georgia's wildlife license plates.
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Margaret Mitchell, the author of Gone With the Wind, meets star Clark Gable at the 1939 Atlanta premiere of the movie. Gable portrays Rhett Butler in the film.
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The McDonnell F-101 "Voodoo" made its initial flight in 1954. The U.S. Air Force developed several versions of the Voodoo: a single seat, low-altitude fighter-bomber; a single-seat reconnaissance version; and a two-seat fighter-interceptor version that served in the Air Defense Command. The maximum speed of the Voodoo was 1,095 miles per hour.
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The Meriwether Inn, a Victorian hotel built in 1869, dominated the resort grounds when Franklin D. Roosevelt first visited Warm Springs in 1924. Early patients of the Warm Springs Foundation stayed in the inn and a number of cottages scattered across the grounds.
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A replica of Revolutionary War patriot Nancy Hart's cabin stands near its original site in Elbert County. Hart is renowned for capturing and killing several Tories at her cabin during the war.
Courtesy of Elbert County Chamber of Commerce
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